Toughie No 1057 by Firefly

Childhood Memories

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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***

One of the problems with themed puzzles is that if the theme is cracked early on then the rest falls into place very quickly. This was certainly the case for me. The surface readings of the clues with the thematic answers are well-chosen to fit the stories associated with those places.

Toughie No 1056 by Shamus

15-Letter Anagram Day

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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****

I was obviously not on good anagram-solving form this morning because I made heavy weather of 3 of the 4 long anagrams. As a result this puzzle took me longer than it should have done. I suspect that anyone who solved these anagrams quickly would have found this to be a fairly simple puzzle.

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